Police cleared a supermarket in France after customers refused to leave when they were denied a deal on televisions. Géant Casino in the southern city of Montpellier accidentally priced TVs at €30.99 instead of €399 on Wednesday.

However the supermarket refused to honour the bargain price. The customers then blocked the checkout demanding that they be allowed to purchase the television sets. Dozens of police officers were called in to help clear the store. According to French media, when customers arrived at the checkouts, staff told them they could not buy the television sets for the price advertised.

Customers then became angry and refused to leave the store unless they could purchase the televisions. Jean-Christophe, who works inside the shopping mall, told Midi Libre: “We are located right across from the Géant Casino checkout lines. I saw a lot of police and a crowd of people. ” He added that some people had four or five televisions in their shopping trolley. Images and video posted to social media shows customers at the checkouts refusing to leave.(bbc)…[+]

In the aftermath of the deadly Ukraine Flight PS752 crash, Canadians are left to mourn not just the loss of life, but the loss of the future so many of the victims had hoped to help build. All 176 people on board Ukraine Flight PS752 were killed early on Wednesday morning when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Iran.

The flight was headed for Kiev, but the vast majority of them – 138 according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – were connecting to Canada. Sixty-three of them were Canadian nationals, but many more called Canada their home, at least temporarily.They lived in cities like Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. Many were students or professors, working on important research in their fields.

US sanctions have made it increasingly difficult to travel between Iran and Canada, and the Ukraine International Airlines flight from Tehran to Kiev and then to Toronto is popular because it is one of the most affordable options for the journey, said Younes Zangiabadi with the Iranian Canadian Congress.(BBC)…[+]

The body of a child aged about 10 has been found in the undercarriage of a plane that had arrived in Paris from Abidjan, sources close to the investigation have told French media. Air France confirmed that “the lifeless body of a stowaway” was discovered at Charles de Gaulle Airport early in the morning.

The body was found in the well of the landing gear of the aircraft that flew in from Ivory Coast, it said. An investigation is under way. “The airline expresses their condolences and deplores this human tragedy,” Air France said in a tweet, without specifying the age of person found.

The National Gendarmerie confirmed to the BBC that the body discovered at 06:40 local time (05:40 GMT) was of “African origin”. The Air France Boeing 777 had taken off from Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s main city, on Tuesday evening. An Ivorian security source told the AFP news agency: “Aside from the human drama, this shows a major failing of security at Abidjan airport.”(bbc)…[+]

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as “senior” royals and work to become financially independent. In a statement released by Buckingham Palace, Prince Harry and Meghan also said they plan to split their time between the UK and North America.

The couple said they will continue to “fully support” the Queen. Last October, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight. In their statement on Wednesday, also posted on their Instagram page, the couple said they made the decision “after many months of reflection and internal discussions”.

“We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen. “It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment.”(bbc)…[+]

The creator of the hit US TV sitcom Ugly Betty, Silvio Horta, has died aged 45, his representative has confirmed. The show’s star America Ferrera said she was “stunned and heartbroken” after the TV writer and executive producer was found dead on Tuesday in Miami.

Ugly Betty ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2010 and was adapted from the Colombian show Yo soy Betty, la fea. Ferrera posted a picture of the two of them together on Instagram, describing the news as “devastating”. “His talent and creativity brought me and so many others such joy and light,” wrote Ferrera, who starred as Betty Suarez – an untrendy and naive Mexican-American journalist who takes a job at a high-end New York fashion magazine.(bbc)…[+]

Aliens exist and it is possible they are among us on Earth, the first Briton to go into space has said. Dr Helen Sharman told the Observer Magazine that extra-terrestrial life is bound to be somewhere in the universe.

“Aliens exist, there’s no two ways about it,” she said, adding that “there must be all sorts of different forms of life” among the billions of stars. Dr Sharman, 56, made history when she travelled to the Soviet space station Mir in May 1991.

The chemist, who now works at Imperial College, London, added that although aliens may not be made up of carbon and nitrogen like humans “it’s possible they’re here right now and we simply can’t see them”.

In the interview, she also highlighted her frustration at being referred to as the first British woman in space, rather than simply the first Briton. “It’s telling that we would otherwise assume it was a man,” she said. “When Tim Peake went into space, some people simply forgot about me. A man going first would be the norm, so I’m thrilled that I got to upset that order.”(BBC)…[+]

Jury selection is beginning in the trial of Harvey Weinstein, once one of Hollywood’s most successful producers, who was behind hit films including Shakespeare in Love, The King’s Speech and Pulp Fiction. In 2017, dozens of sexual assault allegations emerged against the movie mogul. Now he is standing trial and could face life in jail if convicted.

Jury selection begins on Monday in Manhattan, New York. It is likely to take around two weeks to select 12 jurors, before the trial gets under way in earnest. He faces five charges including rape and predatory sexual assault relating to two unnamed accusers. He is charged with raping one woman in a hotel room in the New York borough in 2013, and performing a forcible sex act on the second woman in 2006. He denies the charges.

The criminal charges stem back to May 2018, when Mr Weinstein turned himself in to New York police. He was then charged with rape and several other counts of sexual abuse against the two women. Mr Weinstein, who was released on $1m bail the following month, pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault in the New York Supreme Court.(BBC)…[+]

From the moment Ricky Gervais walked on stage at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, it was clear he was taking no prisoners. “If you win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech,” he advised the stars during his opening monologue.

“You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything, you know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.” Several winners ignored his advice completely (more on their speeches in a sec), but that didn’t stop the British comedian going all out as he fronted the ceremony for the fifth and apparently final time. Here are a few of his best jokes, along with five other highlights from this year’s ceremony.(BBC)…[+]

Candidates hoping to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader have questioned the party’s manifesto choices while opening up dividing lines on Brexit. Sir Keir Starmer said its election offer was “over-loaded” while both Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips said voters did not trust its free broadband pledge.

Ms Phillips also said she would not rule out rejoining the EU if Brexit turned out not to be a success. She said she would not change her view that the UK was “better off” in the EU. Sir Keir and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry – both strong supporters of another referendum before the election – said Labour’s focus as an opposition should now be on ensuring Boris Johnson negotiated the best economic and trade partnership with the EU. Five candidates, also including Clive Lewis, have so far entered the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.(BBC)…[+]

Police in India have entered the campus of one of the country’s most prestigious universities after reports of masked men attacking students. About 20 students are said to have been injured at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the capital Delhi.

Images on Indian TV show masked people wielding sticks and the student union president bleeding from a head wound. The cause of the trouble is unclear. The university recently saw protests over a controversial citizenship law.The student union blamed the latest violence on the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a right-wing student body linked to India’s governing BJP political party. However, the ABVP said that its members had been attacked by left-wing groups, and some had been injured.(BBC)…[+]